Gina Parr
Lives and works in Devon/London, UK
EDUCATION
1975 - 1976 Foundation Course Exeter College of Art
1976 - 1979 1st Class BA Honours Degree in Fine Art Lanchester Polytechnic Coventry
1980 - 1981 PGCADE Middlesex Polytechnic London
1982 - 1983 Set Design for Television Chelsea College of Art London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS / PERFORMANCE ART
2019 Two Artist show “Deceived with Ornament" Renata Maiblum Gallery Copenhagen
2019 Solo show “Night Fishing “David Lolly Gallery Cambridge
2018 Solo show “Casting off“Brook Contemporary Budleigh Salterton Devon
2018 Commission Belmond Cadogan Hotel London - Artefact Hotel Consultants
2018 Commission Belgium - Artefact Hotel Consultants
2017 Commission for 2 large works for the Middle East - Artefact Hotel Consultants
2014 Solo show Candida Stevens Gallery Chichester
2013 Four paintings purchased by Keble College, Oxford’s permanent collection
2012 /13/14 Devon Open Studios
2009 Coningsby Gallery London
2007 Four Walls Gallery Brighton
1981 Performance Eat me drink me, Spacex Gallery Exeter - Arts Council England grant funded
1981 Performance Chocolate, Heaven London
1980 Performance Walking with Ducks, Middlesex Polytechnic London
1980 Performance The Line, The Drill Hall London
1980 Performance Not enough room to swing a cat in here, Waterloo Gallery London - Arts Council England grant funded
1980 – 1983 Various large scale murals London
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Chaiya Art Awards Exhibition (online)
2020 SWA 159th Annual Exhibition (online)
2020 Group Show The Irving Gallery Oxford
2020 Paintings on set of “ Flack “ on W UK, and Pop US
2020 Paintings on set of new series “ The One “ for Netflix
2020 Paintings and Photography on set of new SKY Production “ Breeders “ staring Martin Freeman
2019 Brook Gallery Fresh Art Fair Ascot Racecourse
2019 Virginia Damtsa Gallery Group show
2019 David Lolly Gallery - AAF Battersea London
2018 Boecho Gallery London - Christmas show
2018 100% Design Fair - Brook Gallery with Art Haus at Olympia Grand London
2019 December Group show Renata Maiblum Gallery Copenhagen
2019 SWA 158th Annual Exhibition The Mall Galleries London
2019 Brook Gallery Fresh Art Fair Ascot Racecourse
2019 David Lolly Gallery - AAF Battersea London
2018 Boecho Gallery London - Christmas show
2018 100% Design Fair - Brook Gallery with Art Haus at Olympia Grand London
2018 Summer show The Stratford Gallery
2018 Online Exhibition at Artsy with David Lolly Gallery
2018 Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham with Brook Contemporary
2018 “The Blues” Boecho Gallery London
2018 Shortlisted for The Chaiya Art Awards OXO Gallery London
2018 Paintings on set of new BBC Production staring Martin Freeman in 2019
2017 Christmas show Candida Stevens Gallery
2017 Christmas / Jan 18 show The Stratford Gallery Stratford Upon Avon
2017 Candida Stevens Gallery The Affordable Art Fair Battersea London
2017 Brook Contemporary Budleigh Salterton, Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham
2017 "The Land" Candida Stevens Gallery Chichester
2017 "Beyond the real” The Stratford Gallery Stratford Upon Avon
2016 Artdog Gallery Edinburugh Art Fair, Hampstead AAF, Manchester Buy Art Fair
2015 "Kind of Blue" Candida Stevens Fine Art Chichester
2015 "Driven to abstraction" Atom Gallery London
2014 Thomas and Paul Gallery Collection and Mixed Media Summer show Little Venice London
2014 Paintings and Photographs on set - David Hares BBC 2 Drama Woricker - Salting the Battlefield
2013 "An abstract view" Thomas and Paul Gallery Little Venice London
2013 – 2015 AAF Battersea London Skylark Artist Collective
2011 – 2013 The Other Art Fair, Ambika P3, The Truman Brewery, The Bargehouse London
2013 Paintings on set, Ben Elton series The Wright Way BBC1
2011 – 2013 Painting on set, Holby City BBC 1
2010 Artswipe Gallery Remasters, London
2007 – 2014 Sandra Higgins Fine Art London
TELEVISION PRODUCTION SET DESIGN FREELANCE
Production Set Designer BBC, Channel 4, ITV
1996 - 2007 Freelance Production Set Designer for Television BBC, Channel 4, ITV
1983 - 1996 Television Production Set Designer / Senior Designer BBC Design Department TV Centre London
TEACHING / LECTURING
2003 Television Design Consultant, Turkish Radio and Television Istanbul Turkey
1991 - 1996 Design for Television, BBC Television London
1990 - 1991 Design for Television, Chelsea College of Art
1988 Design for Television, Nottingham University
1986 Design for Television, London College of Fashion
PUBLICATIONS
The Independent Review
Homes and Gardens
Tallulah Art and Design Journal
The Londonist
Discover Art
Where is God in our 21st Century World?
NOTABLE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Keble College Oxford (Permanent Art Collection)
Senior Economist Goldman Sachs London
President Boston Children’s Museum USA (Private Collection)
Director Jestico + Whiles Architects London (Private Collection)
The Belmond Cadogan Hotel Sloane Street London (Collection of female Artists)
William Gaminara (Actor - Leo - Silent Witness BBC) and Kate Locke London (Private Collection)
Kate Buffery (Actress and voice of Digital Switchover) London (Private Collection )